Help Create an Inclusive & Equitable School Community

The dialogue process helps participants to:

Build relationships and empathy across racial and cultural differences
Develop skills to discuss and listen to a broad range of racial and cultural experiences and perspectives
Utilize a framework to identify beliefs, practices, and policies that contribute to racial and cultural disparities
Develop an action plan for inclusivity

Damascus High School Student-Staff Study Circles

Dialogues to Action

Below are two examples of how schools and offices have used Study Circles: Dialgoues to Action with students and staff:

The Consulting Teacher team engaged in a Study Circles retreat to build the trust, establish structures, to increase their capacity in leading and coaching through an equity lens.

Consulting Teachers Study Circles

Walter Johnson High School has held multiple Study Circles to create a more inclusive learning environment.

Study Circles WJ Final Video (1).mp4

Study Circles: Student Dialogues at the Elementary School Flyer

Designed to increase the capacity for staff and students at the upper elementary level to foster a climate of inclusivity, interrupt hate-bias incidents as they occur, and increase awareness and appreciation for cultural differences, through four 1-hour lessons.

Student Dialogues

Megan Murphy, principal at Sequoyah ES, shares the impact of the Student Dialogues with her 4th and 5th grade classes.

Student Dialogues - Impact & Next Steps.mp4

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